TWO YEARS!

Happy 2nd Year Blog Anniversary!:D

I love blogging and I will continue blogging.

This is it. The first and last post for this month (maybe).

I just realised that I tend to write short blog posts nowadays. -___-

I'm embarking on a journey towards Adulthood

If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies.

Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,

And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with triumph and disaster

And treat those two imposters just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it.
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

        - Rudyard Kipling-

I tend to make the same mistakes again and again. But I try my best to stand up again and again after constantly falling down. That's life.
Wish me luck!

Book List and Movie List

Sorry for the verrryy late update. I'm experiencing a heartbreak right now. So I couldn't update this blog as frequent as I used to. It's a very deep cut and takes time to heal. The wound isn't fully healed yet.And it has nothing to do with boys, guys or anyone from the opposite genders.
Ever since I resumed my last, final semester here in UIA, I had read lots of books (fictions) rather than aimlessly surfing the net searching for the latest gossip on Arashi and Matsumoto Jun.

Recapping:

1. Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding.        3 out of 5 stars

2. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.   5 out of 5 stars

3. aA + bB by Hlovate.   3 half out of 5 stars

4. A Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult.   4 out of 5 stars

5. Goodnight, Beautiful by Dorothy Koomson.     3 out of 5 stars

6. Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella.     4 half out of 5 stars

7. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella.   4 out of 5 stars

8. A Little Magic by Nora Roberts.       2 half out of 5 stars

9. Jawapan yang Pasti by Eka Fahara.    2 out of 5 stars

10. Pelangi (Pelangi by Syud, Ked's Story by Hlovate, Rumah Kecil di Ujung Padang by Noor Suraya).                                            3 half out of 5 stars

11. Detective Conan by Gosho Aoyama.. 4 half out of 5.

Currently reading...
1. Bagaimana Akhirnya Saya Bertudung compiled by Ir.Endok Sempo Mohd. Tahir.
2. Tentang...Dhiya by Syud.
3. Soul Mountain by Gao Xingji.

Movie List
1. A Walk to Remember.
2. Enchanted.
3. The Proposal.
4. It's a Boy Girl Thing.
5. Geng: Pengembaraan Bermula.
6. Forrest Gump. Again.
7. Robots. The Malay subbed version.
8. 27 Dresses.

And I'm proud to say that I haven't watched a SINGLE Japanese Dramas here! And I'm proud to say again that I haven't watched any specific series on the TV till now! And 'Nur Kasih's included. Gonna watch the final episode at home next week. Ah, how I miss home. :(

So, the scholarship money's in. I don't know what to do with it. Buying books? Maybe. I have my eyes on
' The Time Traveler's Wife' by Audrey Niffenegger, 'Kafka on the Shore' by Haruki Murakami, '
The Gift' by Cecelia Ahern and other books. But maybe I need to wait just a little while for the upcoming MPH Book Fair and other book fairs. Okay, book fairs, I will wait for 'you guys'! And the remarkable, awesome discounts that you're going to offer book enthusiasts like me!

Like, seriously, I could wait for MPH Book Fair just like other clothes-crazed people would wait for the Year End Sale or Mega Sale. I don't have that much interest in clothes, sad to say. :(
Notice that I love to read fictions. Books that I've read are mostly fictions. I hope I can grow up and read other mind-blowing stuffs. Motivational books are not included as I read far too much books about that. Andrew Matthews, Zig Ziegler, HM Tuah Iskandar. Ah, ramai la. I've read uncountable numbers of 'Chicken Soup for the Souls'.

Found a website about Haron Yahya. I can read his books online! Yes! First stop, 'Romanticism: Weapon of Satans'. Thanks to Hlovate for indirectly introducing Haron Yahya's works to me.
Gotta stop now. Gotta finish the Physics Exercises by this afternoon.
Till then, bubye :)

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid

My brother Danial bought this book yesterday, after much persuasion from me, LOL.

I've read the positive reviews about this book in the newspaper and I would like to have a copy of it, without spending my OWN money, hahaha.

So, Danial bought the book. I guess he had finished reading it, as he didn't bring it to his hostel. Better don't. :P
The book's reserved for kids between the age of 7 till 13. But Syafiq and I, who are both 17 and 19 had finished reading it in one go and we thought that the storyline is remarkable, splendid!

I love the fonts and the illustrations, and also the occassional purposedly done spelling errors. LOL.And me loving the simple sentences. :)

I mean, let's be realistic. The writer/illustrator's being realistic. How could an 11 year old boy uses bombastic words such as lackadaisical, profundal, whateverrr... with perfect, polished, well constructed, immaculate sentences? This is the bonus to the writer himself. I mean, he is not an ENGLISH teacher, am I right? ;)

I hope you get what I meant. XD

Well, the first book is nowhere to be found there (probably out of stock) so, he bought the 2nd book. Which is OK coz it doesn't have that much elements of continuation from the previous book. =)

So, I want to read...

This is the first book,

The third book,

Interesting, no?

Oh yeah, they even have this. But I'll pass, thank you very much. =)

The fourth book has been published. And the fifth book will be published next year, if I'm not mistaken.

This is a really great book. Sure, I'm approaching adulthood now but seriously, one shouldn't limit one's reading choices. Be open. Don't become a fussy reader who chooses certain genres only. It annoys me when someone said 'I never read Malay novels' or even ' I don't like Malay novels'.

Sure, Malay novels (Malay LOVE novels especially) are superficial, stereotyped, overrated novels. The same goes with the dramas and movies *roll eyes*.

But really, some of the novels are nice to be read. And not ALL of them have streotyped storylines. There are some good novels too. Sure, maybe you read one Malay novel, ending up getting nausea and sick, thus banish ALL Malay novels away from you FOREVER. Now, now, that's not reasonable.

I think some of the Little Black Dress' books and some chick-lits have stereotyped storylines too.Jem jangan marah :P

You be the judge =) To think again, everyone's different. >__>

Malaysians writers ought to make one of these books. Instead of 'Kisah Sang Lembu dan Si Kancil' or even 'Akibat Tidak Mendengar Cakap Ibu'. Pheww.. Stereotype much? I'm not at all surprised at all then, looking at the statistics on how many books Malaysian childrens read per year.

Confessions of a Procrastinator

    How could anything that seems so simple could be so appealing?

Picture taken from Flickr                          
I don't know what have I been doing for the past two weeks of holidays. And I'm recuperating from flu.
I'm sad to say that I haven't watched any Jap-Dramas throughout these two weeks, I haven't finished reading 'Eclipse' and ' Breaking Dawn', haven't finished reading 'RADHA', haven't completed the essay that my mum wanted, oh, what else? I haven't been to ANY shopping complexes due to two reasons. One, I'm afraid to drive, a pretty lame excuse. Two, my mum uses the car. Haih..

I just turned nineteen on 14th October. Yaay, Happy Birthday to me. We haven't celebrated it yet coz my parents are working and my siblings are school-ing.
I don't really care for a birthday celebration anyway, a simple but sincere wish from everyone is enough to make my day.

Also, I've been logging in and out of the UIA Asasi website. To check whether the result is out or not. Nope. And thus, another week filled with agony. I wanted to get over it QUICKLY.

I am a big time procrastinator. I accidentally left my camera at college. Or like, seriously? Did I dropped it off somewhere? NO!!!! How stupid of me. My electone is yet to be repaired. It's sad coz I only remembered how to play 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' on my cousin Liyana's keyboard. LAME-OH.

I hate myself for eagerly starting something and later forget all about it in another few days.I must change this behaviour  fast before it gets worse.

Till then, toodles.

Merdeka! Well, sort of..

Don't ask me bout the final exams. :)
Worrying and agonizing a bit about the upcoming results but eh..that could wait until later. :D
Why do I keep on putting smileys at the end of each sentence? XD

I have three fictions waiting to be read.
And countless of J-Dramas and movies that have yet to be watched.
Believe it or not, I'm starting to get addicted to 'Nur Kasih'. Yeah, a MALAY DRAMA! Awesome and unbelievable, right??? :D

I thought that I could study easily and peacefully without the laptop by my side. But no, I just realised it. I need HIM by my side 24/7. Yes, seriously.

Okay, that's all. Bye-bye.

I'm off to Singapore!

Ok well, seriously, I do not feel that excited upon thinking that I'll be spending the Hari Raya there just like the previous years.

As you grow up, the excitement that was once seen on your face when you were 6 or 7 or maybe 12 is slowly diminishing.
Hari Raya is not that great anymore. I bet the adults are thinking the same way. It is great, it is undeniably great but as I've said just now, the anticipation isn't there anymore.
I do not feel a thing whenever I heard the Hari Raya songs being played on the radio. Unlike those days, where my siblings and I, even with our parents, would sing the songs in the car to kill the time spent along those long hours of journey from north to south.
Maybe it's because I have to spend my Hari Raya holidays by burying myself in books (as if!). But then, maybe there are other factors that contribute to this feeling-less feeling I'm experiencing right now.

ANYWAAYYY....I'll be leaving my dearest boyfriend a.k.a my laptop at home. And I'll come back again after one week of so-called striving and struggling for the final exams. Okay, let's not talk about THAT 'E' word here. I just can't bring him to Singapore and to UIA(Oh, no way!). He's too irresistible, and hence distracting. He will always trying to seduce me, tempting me, enticing me to leave my studies behind and explore the wonderful world beneath him (I sounded like a pervert here,LOL).

Till then, Selamat Hari Raya to all Muslims in the whole wide world. Okay, my dad's calling. BYE!!! :D
TO UIA PEOPLE. JANGAN LUPA BALIK UIA!!! :P

Sarah Kushairi's 'Jo oh Jo!'

Here it is, my first debut film. The one that won second place in the Ramadhan Short Movie Competition organized by the Creative and Multimedia Club CFS IIUM. The only girl who won a placing out of 6 people. I'm not being vain. It's unexpected really, getting a second place. To actually secure the Top 3 placings.Unbelievable! Arienatsuno! You name it. The movie's not that good anyway. I mean, it is OK. But I couldn't compare it with the other movies made by the other groups (of which I haven't watched those movies made by them)

The script is written by me. My friend and assistant director-Syau wrote the dialogues between her and Fizah and she wrote all the Korean terms and dialogues in the movie. I dunno Korean. Japanese tahula sikit-sikit. LOL.
I'm the director, the cameraman camera lady LOL, the editor, the producer.

Things to look for
1) Sarah Kushairi's obsessions and infatuations towards Matsumoto Jun and Arashi is seen throughout the movie.
a. The laptop( wallpaper of Arashi)
b. Arashi insert songs( 'Hero' and 'Truth')
c. My handphone with Matsumoto Jun's phone chain dangling from it. Of course, you couldn't see it. :P

2) The moments where Solehah and Syidah had forgotten some of their lines but managed to cover them up.
a. The ifthar scene
b. The sahur scene

3) You would notice that the camera's shaking sometimes. Wanna know the reason why? The cameraman/director/yours truly was trying to suppress her laughters. LOL. Very unprofessional of her.

4) The first scene of the movie is actually the final scene that we shot (The one where Jo asked what is fasting)
5) We shot the sahur scene during the time when maghrib's approaching and thus you can hear the sound of a man reciting al-Quran from the mosque nearby.
6) And lots of things that happened during the filming.
7) In conclusion, filming the movie required lots of works and times and at the same time, it was FUN!




P/S. Sorry coz I can't make it any bigger. It took a really long time to upload this video. The same goes when I tried uploading it to youtube.

And sorry if this video doesn't meet your expectations. It's my first movie, I used an ordinary Olympus Digital Camera and I edited this movie by just using Windows Movie Maker Windows XP Edition, LOL.
And please excuse the sound of the camera clicks that can be heard occasionally.
Oh yeah, that I'm just an amateur so-called filmmaker XD

The Tales of Sarah Sarcastic and the Male Technician

On Wednesday, we had class straight from 8 am till 1 pm. It was a bit exhausting. One, coz it's in the fasting month. Two, I had to climb all the way up to Level 4. I was feeling extremely thirsty. Seriously, NOW I KNOW what Jo felt at that time.(if you watched my movie, you'll understand)I felt like I could gulp the whole 1.5 litres of Mineral water here and then.

Anywaayyyyy...I decided to take a little afternoon nap because I was so tired. And so, both of us, Syidah and I, collapsed on our own beds. I couldn't really sleep anyway. Coz there were so many people kept on texting me, thus disturbing my sleep as I'd have to replied those messages back.

Syau texted me, saying that she's gonna come to my room. OK. I was feeling a bit annoyed at that time, LOL. I was trying to get a good sleep here, hahaha. Sorry Syau...XD.

And so, about 5 minutes later, I could barely doze off. And suddenly, there was this knocking on the door. I figured out it must have been Syau, and so, I woke up, walking lazily towards the door, trying my best to make a very sleepy expressions. I opened the door, my eyes half closed and....

TADA!
A MALE, WITH BLUE UNIFORM, SHORT HAIR, WAS GRINNING AS HE SAW ME IN A T-SHIRT, THREE QUARTER PANTS, MY JUST-GOT-UP-FROM-SLEEP HAIR and MY HALF-CLOSED EYES.

My half-closed eyes immediately popped open, widely as I was clearly shocked and embarrassed at the same time, HIM seeing me! ARGHHH!!!!
I was gaping out of shock, again, my eyes were wide open, I could recognize the familiar face( He always came to our Level 4 area and he once came to my room to check the electrical appliances, bloody la weiii!!!) and that I can SEE that he was GRINNING though I wasn't wearing my glasses at that time. I immediately shut the door, shrieking ' JUST A MOMENT!'

Syidah was sleeping and I immediately shook her, pestering her to wake up. Then, we immediately dressed up and seriously, I could feel that my face was burning red! It was bloody embarrassing! Then, Syidah opened the door. We were..urmm...standing behind the door. The technician came in, still grinning and looked at us saying ' Why are you hiding?' ARGHH. WHAT THE HECK?
I couldn't bear to look at him on the face and my back was facing him at that time. I acted as if there was nothing going on, nonchalantly looking at ermm..Biology 2 book, and..err..the fork, spoon.

Immediately when he stepped in, I stepped out from the room. And he did ask something about what should be repaired, I said ' the study lamp, the study lamp' and quickly ran away to Solehah's room next door.

EMBARRASSING MUCH, HUH??? I DIDN'T HEAR ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THAT TIME! Maybe because I was half conscious the time the announcement was made..BUTTTTT..even Solehah, who was fully awake at that time didn't hear any announcements either! But Kinah heard it! BLOODY SPEAKER! TECHINICIAN, I COMMAND

YOU TO REPAIR THAT BLOODY SPEAKER!!!
And yeah, always asked who that person is whenever someone knocked on my door. I made a bloody mistake and I'll try my best not to let that happen again.

Full updates!

Salam and greetings to anyone who's reading this. It's 5. 40 something a.m Just finished the meal for sahur.

First of all, sorry, no pictures. I did capture some pictures there. Urmm...except the prize giving one which is a bummer coz I was too excited that I forgot to ask Syau to take my picture receiving the prize. >_< Arashi Mawi be there? Heck Sarah, what's with Mawi? Most of UIA students LOOOVVEEE Mawi, am I right? Is that one of the many plausible reasons that made me said that?

Or was it about the foods for iftar? I gotta admit, those foods are simple but they are simply delicious. I was eating it non-stop. Syidah and I finished the rice in a jiffy while Syau and other people were still eating it. Hehe. don't underestimate the power of hungry stomachs. :P

I was planning to go to the Medcy Yearbook Editorial Board meeting at 10 p.m, straight away after the ceremony, which was supposed to start at 9.30 p.m. Unfortunately for me, they finished the Tarawih prayer at 9.30 something p.m and that they had to arrange the board, the partitions, to separate the brothers from the sisters. It was funny, yet I feel secure at the same time, LMAO. So, Raja Syahmi, if you're reading this, sorry coz I can't make it. The whole event ended at almost 11 p.m.

Throughout the event, I kept on saying that I wanted to go back. I don't want to attend it. One secret about me. I may looked like I'm a confident person. I AM CONFIDENT, LOL but I get nervous SOOO easily. My hands and feet were all cold. Then, the emcee announced the winners for the logo competition. Oh, they have 2 consolation prizes! Maybe they will give the consolations for the Short Movie Competition too! :P

Ok, the moment we've all been waiting for. He announced the winner of the consolation prize. SURPRISE SURPRISE. The brothers from my class, the ones that I claimed the awesome one, the reasons for my worries and agony, actually won the consolation prize! That was surprising. And then, it hits me, if they only managed to get the consolation prize, then what about me? The emcee straight away annouced the third prize winner. Ok, it wasn't me. And what? There's only ONE consolation prize?
Then, second prize went to..(Seriously, I actually felt something when he was about to announce it. Sixth sense? Probably) Sister(Ok, GOTCHA!) Siti Sarah Syahirah ( there's no need to write out my full name here, actually. LOL).

Seriously, I became all excited and immediately jumped to the front. I was looking for that person who's supposed to hand me the prize with my face brimming with happiness and surprise. In other way, I was grinning like a pompous idiot. Then, Miss Shafiyyah gave me the prize and there was this camera man who captured the so-called glorious moment. Syau and Syidah were grinning as well. We only get the hamper loaded with snacks and an envelope of ermm..money. I'm gonna keep the envelope, hehe coz it was written ' Second Prize winner for Short Movie Competition'. I was a bit frustrated coz I was hoping that they would give us certificates or something. Huhu. That certificate worth more than any of the snack hampers around the world. But just like my dad said, the main thing is that I've won.


They showed the first prize winner's movie. It was interesting and funny at the same time. But I seriously think that the brothers from my group's movie is better.I dunno. I only watched the snippets of it. Not the whole thing. Maybe the message that they're trying to show is not conveyed. Lots of laughter and yet there's no message. Well, maybe sometimes less is more.
And I'm glad that they didn't show the movies for the 2nd and 3rd prize winner. Hehe.

So, that was it. Syidah had to go to KC and so, I had to carry the hamper all the way up to 4th level of ZC. And I was smiling ear to ear along the way. LOL. Farizah won 2nd place too, for the logo competition. Congrats Fareez! :)

Now, I'd have to concentrate on my studies. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY ESPECIALLY! Sheessshhh..Okla, not gonna sleep after sahur. Setadii....
Oh yeah, I watched the snippets of the new episode of 'Himitsu no Arashi Chan' and JUN MATSUMOTO, YOU ARE SO DAMN HAWTT!!!! I'm totally IN LOVE with him. An infatuation, to be exact? LOL. I want all the new episodes! Sheesh, Sarah! Bulan puasa ni! What happened to your resolutions?

Jubilant! :D

OOOKKKAAAYYYYYYYY......................
SOOOOOOOO..................................
IT WAS BEYOND MYYYYY EXPECTATIONS...................................

WE WON THE SECOND PLACE FOR RAMADHAN SHORT MOVIE COMPETITION!!!! :D :D :D :D

Alhamdulillah!

And okay..I'm tired already.
Gonna write full updates tomorrow.

Toodles! :)

Happy Independence Day!

SELAMAT HARI KEMERDEKAAN YANG KE-52!!!! :)

Politikus Cipanikus

Politics oh Politics! Now why did I have to become indirectly involved in something that's related to this filthy, dirty thing?

Yesterday, my group members and I presented the topic for our **** presentation. The topic is regarding Lack of Faith.

And so, i managed to babble aimlessly(well, with directions, :P) and kept on saying and stressing on the same points coz I didn't manage to memorize the whole three pages of my summaries. Panjang giler! Sometimes, I was laughing and giggling foolishly, and wrinkling my forehead, scrutinizing my nose, making idiotic facial expressions, LOL.

And when the whole group members finished presenting, it was time for the questions and answers. I was waiting eagerly for the questions coz I'm such a 'gila kuasa' person for wanting to be the only one who answered those questions. Oh yeah, coz the other group members REFUSED to answer the questions though I asked them to.

First, 2nd and third questions. All from the brothers, I guess, I can't remember.I managed to answer all of them using my own wits and sarcasm. The sisters kept on smiling when they looked at me, ardently debating and presenting my facts and points, complete with indecipherable hand gestures. Kak Pah was listening attentively, I noticed..:P

And then, the lecturer asked me a question. Who should be blamed for this matter, PARENTS or GOVERNMENT?
Immediately, I answered parents. And presented my own opinions and thoughts. Then the lecturer said " I do not agree with you". And so, she expressed her own thoughts and opinions. I kept on stressing that parents are at fault. But she kept on denying that. Ok. And so, without the both of us realising it, and with the class fully aware of it, both of us were debating about that. And lastly, I wished not to argue any longer because she is my lecturer and I couldn't debate and become sarcastic towards her. I finally said. OK, both should be blamed. Well, of course. even if it's government's faults, parents should be blamed as well, right? I'm being realistic here. Then, she said, no, government should be blamed. Government's the reason all these social ills occuring.

I was making a dissastisfied face coz I couldn't see the relevance of government being involved in social ills. My mum said maybe it's because of the government's policies, by permitting the urmm, opening of cinemas, and all those night clubs? Yeah, maybe. But parents are the one who should ensure that their children don't go to such places.

And how? By giving their children a really good foundation, equipping them with good Islamic teachings and moral values. Insya-Allah that their children will have a strong iman and is able to refrain themselves for getting involved in those social decadence when they grow up. Government should not be blamed 100% for this.

And I'm sure that all of you who are reading this whould feel the same. Like, even if she asked, who should be blamed? Parents or the oppositions? I would still say the parents. I'm being realistic. I'm not being influenced by my own political views. Even if you do not agree with me, let me give an example on one of the everyday situations.

A Muslim teenager was caught drinking alcohols and taking ecstasy in night clubs. One of your immediate reactions would be " What the heck with this teenager? Don't her/his parents care about her/his whereabout?". Your immediate reaction would not be " What the heck? It's totally the government's faults!" So, you get my point?

Then, Syau asked me. " What does she mean by that? Is it government or environment?" And I politely asked her " Excuse me, is it environment or government?" and she stressed the word ' GOVERNMENT'. Oh, ok.

Then, Fizah looked at me with an annoyed expression and said " Just give up. Let her win,".
Ok. She's my lecturer so I respect her and so I said " Ok, government is at fault,". I do not wish to argue any longer.
The whole class laughed and she said " Maybe one day you'll understand,".


Well, ok. I barely reached the age of 19. So, what do I know about politics? And why did she ask me that in the first place? And why did she asked me to make a decision between two matters? Parents or government? And she wants me to pick ONLY ONE of those two choices. Of course, me, being an immatured teenager, I couldn't find any correlation between the government's policies and the lack of faith among youth.

Okay fine, Muslim youths. Even if the government is at fault, my dad said, then look at those Chinese people. Most of their children are not involved in the social ills such as mat rempits and stuffs. So, government should be blamed for that? Maybe someone whould say, MUSLIM YOUTHS specifically. And I would like to point out something. What's the difference between us and the people of the other races and religions? Are we dumber than them? No, right? In fact, we are better than them in terms of religious stuffs.

It is COMPULSORY for us to perform the 5 daily prayers. So, we must have stronger iman in our heart than them, right? And also, the muslim youths ought to have better akhlak compared to the chinese and indians people right? Coz we are much closer to Allah compared to them with their Gods.

And so, those who are not fully equipped with those religious and Islamic tecahings are the ones who commit such social ills. And who are to be blamed for that? The GOVERNMENT? Of course not! The parents! Maybe if the lecturer gave another choice, which is the youth himself, then I would choose that one.

But for me, all of us, the community play vital roles in moulding the shapes of our youths. No one should be blamed 100%. The same goes with the government.
And that politics SHOULD NEVER be mixed with academic matters. I don't know what will happen to my marks. I'm sure that she is a good lecturer that will never mix stuffs like that with the marks she give to her students. Maybe she wished to know about my political views. I dunno.

P.S. Sorry for the numerous grammatical errors. The government is at fault for this. They do not provide enough English classes so that I can speak like Mat Sallehs in overseas.

Guys make great movies, don't they?

Well, yours truly had sent the movie for the competition and she can feel it that the probability of her even gaining the top 3 places is almost reaching the number ZERO.
What can I say, it's a typical, stereotyped, mediocre scripts and movie. The actors are great, it's just that the scriptwriter and the director is just well...average.

Anywwaaaayyyyy...I did this just for fun, remember? That is my intention in the first place. And just to gain experience. I don't care about winning or losing anyway. It's the experience that matters. Hehe.
It's a new thing for me. And I'm glad I take this chance to do something that I've never done before. If I backed off from doing this, just because I fear that I would lose or something, then I'm a coward. And of course, I'm not a coward. So, by just doing this-the movie, makes me a courageous person who dares to take chances and explore new things that life can offer.
So, I have no regrets! :D

Ok, so I saw some snippets of the guys' movies. And I gotta say, I'm really impressed. Guys are different from girls. I hate to admit this but I seriously think that GUYS ARE MORE CREATIVE. Well, duh, it's a fact, right? And they are good in cracking up jokes, without making themselves looked like fools in front of other people.
And seriously, I have a strong feeling that this guy's group going to secure the number one place in the competition. I have to admit this. THEY ARE GOOD! Seriously! Even looking at one of the actors' face makes me laugh uncontrollably.

There are six groups. Two of the are juniors. Both are guys. Both from the Engineering and ICT course. Then, there are three of us. Two senior guys and one girl. One of them is from the Engineering course. While the other guy is from the Pre-Medical course and INCIDENTALLY, my groupmate for this semester. In fact, majority of those guys who act in that movie are my groupmates. Oh yeah, their movie's the one I mentioned above. The Awesome one. Well, yeah.

And there's another girl. I dunno whether she's a junior or a senior. And I don't know what programme is she taking.

Ok, that's all.
My stomach is grumbling. Imagine, I'm being charged RM 4.00 for a polystyrene of white rice, fish, vegetables and two crab sticks. THAT IS SOOOO UNREASONABLE! HMMPH!!!
Bila nak bukak puasa ni? :P

WANTS!!! :D

Rodgers and Hammerstein's for Organs
Disney Hits Organ
Phantom of the Opera-Andrew Llyod Webber

:D :D :D :D

Gonna get one of them-preferably Rodgers and Hammerstein's for Organs before Raya!!! :D
Or maybe, can use the 'Duit Raya' to buy it! Hehehehehehe *evil grin*
MPH, HERE I COME!!!!
To think again, it's quite hard to find songbooks for organs. Most of the available ones are for pianos, violins and guitars *sigh*.

Anyway, I'm currently:
-In search for Arashi's musical notes...
-In search for P.Ramlee's musical notes/Classic Malay songs
-In search for online websites that offer these things. Gotta google harder!

I'M SO IN LOVE WITH ALL OF YIRUMA'S SONGS! HE REALLY MAKES MY HEART BEAT LIKE A BIG BRASS BAND(Mary Poppins' song, LOL) EACH TIME I HEARD HIM PLAYING THE MELLIFLUOUS TUNES ON HIS PIANO!!!

Too bad he's married though :(. LOL, I'm JOKING! :D

Yeah, gotta master the skills again! To think again, it's been almost ONE YEAR since I last played it. Oh man, I bet my skills have become rusty already. >__<>_<

But now, I have to study for Maths Quiz tomorrow! And complete my Chemistry tutorial!
Gosh, this week's gonna be a busy week! :((((

Adios.
And Assalamualaikum. :)

Puasa di Perantauan..*sob sob*

Sarah Sarcastic tengah tengok computer. Tiba-tiba dengar azan Maghrib. Maka bergegaslah membawa pinggan ke water cooler. Ngeh ngeh ngeh.(Cubalah teka saya makan apa :P)

Tiba-tiba, handphone berdering. Oh,Emak rupanya.

" Sarah dah buka puasa eh?" beliau bertanya.
" A'ah. (Janganlah tanya buka puasa makan apa, huhuhuhuhu)" Sarah Sarcastic membalas pendek.
" Oh, bestnya. Kita orang kat sini belum masuk waktu lagi," dengan ceria beliau berkata.
" Oh, okay. Hehe," Sarah Sarcastic ketawa kecil.

" Buka puasa makan apa?" beliau bertanya soalan cepumas.
" Err..Maggi. Hehehe," Sarah Sarcastic menjawab dengan yakinnya. (yakin ke?)

" HAH???!!!Kenapa makan maggi je?"
Dan Sarah Sarcastic dengan automatiknya berasa sebak dan ingin mengalirkan air mata *sila main lagu 'Dendang Perantau' di sini*.
Seriously, sebelum ni OK. Tapi bila mak cakap macam tu, terus rasa sedih, huhu. Sebab dah buat dia rasa risau and sedih kot, huhuhu...

" Kafe tutup hari ni," Sarah Sarcastic menyembunyikan nada sebak dan sedih suaranya. Berjaya!

" Lah, kesiannya," (huhu, janganlah dikasihani diri ini, cewwahh)
" Ada je Bazar. Tapi malas nak pergi," (Itulah akibat orang pemalas. Junior dah bagi hint nak ajak pergi bazar tapi lazybums punya budak!)

" Oh, Mak masak mi rebus, semua," (oh, meleleh air liur seketika).
Dan tiba-tiba bonda tercinta berhenti bercakap. Mungkin tidak mahu 'mencemburukan' diri ini yang hanya makan Maggi dan minum air mineral untuk berbuka. Oh yeah, dan Biskut Oreo sebagai dessert.

" Nanti sahur makan apa?" beliau bertanya lagi.
" Sahur makan biskut," Sarah Sarcastic menjawab lagi. Sedaya upaya menahan rasa sebak di hatinya (poetic gila).
" Lah, nanti kurus la macam ni!" Bonda tercinta memberi komen yang sangat menyayat hati pada pendengaran Sarah Sarcastic. (Padahal sebelum ni waktu ganti puasa bukannya sahur pun. Ngeh ngeh ngeh. Pagi tadi pun teguk air je sekejap. Jadilah, kan? :P)

" Oh, ok. Takpela Mak," Sarah Sarcastic menjawab, menyedapkan hati bonda tercinta. Ibu mana yang tak sedih kalau kat rumah makan sedap-sedap, tapi anak berbuka makan maggi mee kari je. Huhuhuhu.

" Takpela, nanti Sarah balik rumah, mak masak sedap-sedap eh?" beliau berusaha menyedapkan hati ini.
Oh, sungguh terharu diri ini. Lagu 'Dendang Perantau' masih beralun-alun di fikiran.

" Next week mak datang KL eh?"
" HUH?" (Dalam hati, yippee!)
" Nanti kita buka puasa sama-sama,"

Haha, OK. Yes!

" Okla, bye-bye. Love you," ayat yang sering menjadi rutin setiap kali bersembang dengannya di telefon.
" Ok, love you too," ayat yang acap kali juga menjadi rutin bagi diri Sarah Sarcastic. Hehehehe.

Telefon dimatikan. Sarah Sarcastic kembali melayan maggi meenya yang telah kembang semangkuk. Mak, nak balik!!!! UWAAAA!!!!(siapa suruh tak nak balik?Jawapan: Malas nak balik. 6 jam woohhhh).

The moral of this story is: Jangan jadi pemalas. Ngeh ngeh ngeh..

Salam Ramadhan...

Tomorrow's the first day of Ramadhan! Yaay!
I really miss the month of Ramadhan and I am eternally grateful for being given the chance by Allah s.w.t to be in this holy month again. Alhamdulillah.

So, what are my resolutions for this month?
1. To manage my time accordingly between studies and ibadah. Cewwahh.. I'm planning to 'khatam' the al-Quran throughout this month of Ramadhan. Insya-Allah. And to keep on improving my recitations. Amin.
2. To reduce my 'Japanese fandom' activities. That is, less Arashi and Japanese Dramas and music. No more watching hot Japanese actors in the laptop.( well, reduce)
3. To carefully observe and improve my akhlak. By not being too sarcastic (LOL) and talk bad about others.
4. To do more Ibadah Sunat. Insya-Allah.

Speaking of the month of Ramadhan, I would like to express my gratitude towards Allah s.w.t. Soul and I had met the Creative Club committee and she allocated three more minutes extra for the movie.
And speaking of the Ramadhan movie, I'm very grateful to say that I've finished editing it. Together with the music and slide transitions. And that I'll give it to Syidah or Syau for further editing-pimping up the slides and all. Oh yes, I forgot about the subtitles. Maybe I'll put it in some parts. Their voices and loud and clear enough anyway.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank, first and foremost, Allah s.w.t for allowing me to complete this movie. Also to the talented actresses- Fizah, Syau, Soul and Syidah. Thank you very much. I don't know how can I ever repay you guys.
And also, I would like to ask for everyone's forgiveness. I'm sorry if I ever hurted any of you guys' feelings. Sorry! Gomenasai onegaishimasu!

And so, that's all.
Let this month of Ramadhan be a month that is filled with barakah to the Muslims not only in Malaysia, but around the world.
And speaking of Ramadhan, I'll be going back to Sungai Petani on the 11th of September! I miss my family tremendously. :(

Directed by Sarah Kushairi

I wake in the dawn, to showers of light..
Moments of emptiness around~~
Floating away, with auras of hope, reality brings me...
to the ground!!!!!

Yes, I'm listening to Indecisive's Empty Decorations right now. It's the theme song for the sitcom 'Kopitiam', in case you've never heard of it.

And so, yours truly had managed to finally finished filming her first so-called 'masterpiece' at about 12 something a.m. JUST NOW!
Unfortunately for us- the crews cum actors, we are currently encountering one MAJOR problem. Which is...

The whole video is more than TEN MINUTES!

Well, like..I mean, why did they limit the time to only TEN MINUTES?
It's a MOVIE! Not an advertisement! Even the advertisements in the TV took longer time compared to our pathetic over-than-10-minutes SHORT movie.
I fully understand that it is being called as SHORT MOVIE. But it seems preposterous to actually considering something that takes time from 5-10 minutes as a REAL MOVIE.

A movie should contain the introduction, the climax, the conclusion. And a good plot. Not to say mine is good but yeah, why should you limit the time to only 10 minutes?
And so, the four of us( Syidah, Soul, Syau and I) did our best to cut off, cut off and keep on cutting off some selected clips. And the result is remarkably boring! The movie that we were once proud of has now become a TRAILER! Yes, you know? Just like in the TV? The trailer for Harry Potter, Spiderman, where everything is not in order. That event suddenly leads to this..A trailer la! Not a movie!
We had to cut some interesting and IMPORTANTE parts just to fulfill the requirements. And the message that we're trying to convey to the audience is lost. POOF!

And so, I strongly suggest that the Creative Club SHOULD change the competition's name to 'Movie Trailers competition' or even ' Ramadhan Advertisements competition', rather than 'Short Movie Competition'.
I've been sending messages to one of the committees for the respective club but apparently, she's having a meeting right now. And that she will inform me when the meeting's over. And urrmm, yeah. It's 2.02 a.m right now. So, do the math.

I really hope that they will compensate at LEAST, a minute extra! We have to do the slide transitions, the title and credits some more. HOHOHOHO.
And yes, them calling themselves 'CREATIVE CLUB'? Why should they LIMIT our creativity? By only allocating a mere TEN minutes for a short movie?

Anyway, I don't care whether we'll win or not. As I've said before, we're doing it for fun and experience!
Making movies is a really fun and interesting thing to do! Though you might feel a bit lethargic, it doesn't matters when the whole thing is completed and the final result is achieved. And I learned new ways on how to control the camera, shooting at appropriate angles, how to direct people, how to learn from others. Though I'm the director, I DO take others' opinions into considerations. That's how we cooperate with each other. That's how we learn new things. By giving and taking advices and even accepting criticisms.

And so, Insya-Allah I will post the completed movie here in this blog. But it will not be the same as the one that I will be sending to the competition. I will further edit the movie according to my own interest and taste, inserting some sound effects and musics, even adjusting the video quality.

Right now, I don't have all those sound effects collections. I don't have enough time to search for them and download them from the internet. We are students. We are quite busy with other things. Syidah and Soul, for instance, had to attend replacement classes for this whole week! And that we have to complete our abundant amount of workloads and that include tutorials and assignments. And that we have to study for upcoming quizzes.

By even completing this movie can be considered as a great achievement already. LOL. What's with the sentence? Haha. Whatever. I'm sleepy already.

Maybe Insya-Allah, I will continue writing and directing and producing my own movies and even a mini series. Maybe it'll become one of my hobbies. And I will post them in this blog. Insya-Allah. I'm just an ordinary human being who planned things, but Allah's the one who decides over those plans.

Anyway,by completing this movie, I can show it off to Syafiq(my brother) and brag about it. LOL. He's really good in making movies and animations. This in a way will show him, and my whole family members that I, Sarah Kushairi is also CAPABLE in doing stuffs GUYS normally do!You know la, living in a family which most of them are males! Three younger brothers, father. Even my ONLY SISTER in this world is quite tomboy-ish. But that doesn't make me a demure and a ladylike person, LOL. My mum often praised my brother for his great motor skills, logical skills( He learned how to solve the Rubik's cube numerous times by just watching it from the internet! And even formulating his own formulae!), awesome skills in repairing electrical items (he is a boy, what do you expect?).
Oh yeah, I haven't told them about this movie thing. Let it be a surprise...;P

Maybe I'll write a new script and make a short movie together with my siblings. Insya-Allah.

1.04 am

It's 1.04 am and I'm having a great time playing the game 'Hangman' in Amiirah's blog. Hehehe.

Two are over, another 6 to go...Ganbatte!

And so...
Yours truly had managed to film two scenes of the short movie together with Fizah, Syau and Syidah.
Gosh, it was bloody bloody tiring! Now I know how those people in the entertainment scenes must have felt about acting.

Seriously, everything can't be perfect in just one shot/take. You had to do MULTIPLE takes to make sure that the outcomes/ results are satisfactory. Well, to us. I'm not sure about the viewers and the judges' criteria and opinions. Anyway, this is about having fun and gaining experience. Not for the mere purpose of winning. And our concepts in the movie is quite different compared to those other films that were shown before(those that entered the competition). This one is more 'gila-gila' (loony, crazy, you name it). We the casts and crews share the similar personalities a.k.a gila-gila. So, we can't afford to be skematik letronik and act all serious.

Anyway,
We had to switch off the fan to make sure than the sound system is quite OK. And all of us had to wear 'pakaian menutup aurat' (aurah covering clothes). Long sleeves, long pants, tudung! Hoho.
So, can you imagine how we felt at that time? Panas! Hot!
So, actors, actresses, directors, crews and staffs out there, I salute you! You guys are GREAT!

So, two scenes done, another six to go.

In the morning, starting at 9 a.m, we have to start filming for scene 1,4 and 6.
In the afternoon, we have to film scene 8
And at night, we have to film scene 2 and 5.
Everything will be over by tomorrow night, I hope.

And I'll start editing everything this coming weekend.
Oh yeah, Fizah, Syau, Syidah and Soul. Thank you! Arigatou ne! You guys are awesome! :)
And so, wish me luck, ok? :)